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Table No. 19. Table showing Cost of Constructing Telegraph and Telephone Lines during the Year ended 31st March, 1919.

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Line. Total Cost, including Material from Stores. Total Cost, I iu„ including um> - Material from Stores. Telephone Exchanges— Aria Auckland Auckland (automatic) .. Dargaville Hamilton Hamilton (automatic) .. Kaikohe Kohukohu Kopaki Kumeu Manga wai Mangere Mangonui Matata Mount Uden (automatic) Opotiki Otahuhu Paeroa Patumahoe Ponsonby (automatic) .. Pukeatua Remuera (automatic) .. Rotorua Taumarunui Taupaki Taupiri Tauranga Te Kuiti Te Teko Thames Tirau Turua Waihi Waitoa Wellesley Street (automatic) Whangarei Blenheim .. ' . . Blenheim (automatic) . . Carterton Courtenay Place (automatic) Uannevirkc Eketahuna Eltham Featherston Feilding Gisborne Hastings Hawera Kaiteke Levin Manakau Marton Masterton Masterton (automatic) .. Napier New Plymouth Pahiatua Palmerston North Palmerston North (automatic) Pirinoa Stratford Taihape Tiraumea VVaipawa Wairoa Wanganui Wanganui (automatic) .. Wellington Wellington South (automatic) Millerton Murchison Nelson Reefton Westport Ashburton Cheviot Christchurch Culverden Greymouth Hokitika Kaikoura Rakaia Rangiora Strowger Timaru Waiau £ 85 8,570 4,386 918 13,957 162 235 1,377 748 520 861 10 1.817 03 371 I ,225 12 1,773 280 200 357 312 1,004 3,410 805 , 63 662 4,205 5 495 960 135 17 I , 112 284 I ,472 866 87 869 760 979 763 2,181 697 2,223 5,710 I ,208 995 637 2,215 273 748 2,050 950 I ,241 2,148 3,378 21,1)98 37 661 660 3,364 749 398 100 8,338 53 10,351 687 61 5 2,599 105 150 455 1,908 10,394 12 58 29 195 502 718 1,413 2,014 143 i I Tele phone Exchanges — continued. £ Waimate . . .. .. .. 404 Balclutha .. .. .. .. 197 Cromwell . . .. . . .. 102 Dunedin .. .. .. .. 8,558 Gore.. .. .. .. .. 1,305 Invereargill .. .. .. .. 5,630 Miller's Flat . . .. .. .. 050 Nasoby . . . . .. . . 23 Oamaru . , .. .. .. 5,273 Ranf urly .. .. .. .. 51 Queenstown .. .. .. .. 10 Tapanui .. .. .. .. 302 £174,340 Lines— £ Auckland-Tliaines-Paeroa (metallic circuit) 945 Glenbrook-Waiuku (telephone circuit) .. 49 Hamilton-Ngaruawahia Trunk Telephonewire .. .. .. .. 98 Hikutaia Branch Line (Thamcs-Paeroa circuit) .. .. .. .. 15 Kiwitahi-Railway Telegraph-office (Morrinsville -Matamata circuit) .. .. 6 Netherton-Kcrepehi Telephone-line .. 239 Ngapaenga-Telephone Extension of the Te Kuiti-Oparue Circuit .. .. 43 Opuatia Telephone-office (branch off the Tuakau-Glenmurray Line) .. .. 14 Paparoa Telephone-office (converting telephone to Morse) .. . . .. 20 Pukeatua-Puketurua Telephone-line .. 215 Raglan - Te Akau Line .. . . 53 Te Kuiti-Te Kunvi Junction (metallic circuit) .. . . .. .. 58 Te Rcnga Telephone Office (CoromandelWhitianga), (metallic circuit) .. .. 7 Thamos-Hauraki Telephone-wire .. 61 Tokoroa Telephone Extension (PutaruruMatanuku Telephone-line) .. .. 17 Turua Telephone-line, Extension of .. 53 Ahititi (Okau Junction), new Telephoneoffice (Tongaporutu-Okau Line) .. 8 Aotuhia Telephone-office (WhangamomonaAotuhia circuit) .. .. .. 73 Blenheim-Seddon (metallic circuit) .. 593 Gisborne-Kaiteratahi (metallic circuit) .. 20 Hastwells, removal of Telephone -office (Masterton-Eketahuna circuit) .. 63 Mangahouhi Telephone Extension (Wanganui- Upokonui Line) .. . . .. 0 Maungaharuru Telephone Extension .. 145 Motuhora Telephone-office (Matawai-Motu Line) .. .. .. .. 101 Pukearuhe-Waipingao Line Extension .. 63 Retaruke Telephone Extension (Kaiteki-Re-taruke Extension Line) .. .. 283 Riariaki Telephone Extension (RuatitiOrautaha Line) .. . . .. 9 " Stockton Mine " Telephone-office (West-port-Stockton circuit) .. .. 21 Bennett's Telephone Office (OhristohurchOxford circuit) .. .. .. 9 Pukewaro Telephone-office (Mount SomersAshburton Line) .. .. .. 10 Waikari-Hawardcn (metallic circuit) .. 122 Alexandria-Roxburgh (metallic circuit) .. 17 Cambrians Telephone - office (Clyde - St. Bathan's circuit) .. .. .. 18 Ihuiotlin-Manitoto Telephone Circuit .. 840 Hunt's Road Telephone-office (Owaka-Ahu-riri Flat circuit) .. .. .. 8 Omarama-Benmorc Telephone Extension 173 Omarama - Broken Hut (Kurow-Omarama Line) .. .. .. .. 326 Orepuki, construction of telephone-office (Clifden-Riverton Line) .. .. 9 Patearoa, construction of Sledge office (Waipiata-Paerau line) . . .. 73 Roxburgh - Miller's Flat (metallic circuit).. 89 Wairuna, removal of telephone-office .. 12 Wedderburn, removal of telegraph-office .. 20 Whakapatu Telephone-office (RivcrtonOrepuki circuit) .. .. .. 9 Reopening of offices in various districts .. 55 £179,414